I was a singer heading out on tour. Losing my voice was terrifying — but it ended up teaching me everything about myself.
Category: Music
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Diplo’s Port Antonio, Jamaica
The Grammy-nominated D.J. and music producer recommends spots in a city he loves on Jamaica’s northeast coast. A dance party makes the cut.
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Julius Rodriguez Fuses Styles on ‘Evergreen’
The multi-instrumentalist Julius Rodriguez hones a bigger, more audacious sound on his second album, “Evergreen.”
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Norman Carol, Violinist in Historic Concert in China, Is Dead at 95
The concertmaster and first-chair violinist with the Philadelphia Orchestra for decades, he took part in a diplomatic breakthrough in 1973 with concerts in Mao Zedong’s Beijing.
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Four Tops Singer Sues Hospital Over Being Put in Restraints
The lawsuit by Alexander Morris, who joined the group six years ago, said the staff thought he was “delusional” when he told them he was in the Motown band.
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Mitsuko Uchida Keeps the Focus on Young Artists at Ojai
Mitsuko Uchida appeared every night at her edition of the Ojai Music Festival. The rest of the time was given to other performers.
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When Vienna’s Opera Tradition Got Too Traditional, They Stepped In
Bogdan Roscic and Lotte de Beer are shaking the dust off Vienna’s two biggest repertory companies.
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Jean-Philippe Allard, Jazz Producer and Musicians’ Advocate, Dies at 67
He called himself a “professional listener,” and he tended to develop lifelong relationships with the artists he worked with.
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Review: ‘Inside Light’ Gives a Taste of Stockhausen’s Opera Epic
At the Park Avenue Armory, a five-hour selection of pieces from the 29-hour “Licht” cycle is best appreciated as a marathon performance.
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Gone in a Six-Year Flash: Farewell to the New York Phil’s Maestro
The pandemic-derailed tenure of Jaap van Zweden, the orchestra’s music director, was too short to give us a full sense of him, as man or maestro.
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Mitsuko Uchida Says What She Thinks
The star pianist sat for a candid, occasionally tense interview in which she discussed creativity, the pandemic and why she doesn’t conduct Beethoven.
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‘The Spark’: How Irish Kids Created the Song of Summer
Think you can stop what they do? I doubt it.